Pera Palace Hotel – The heart of Pera (the historical name of Beyoğlu)
When my steps took me to Pera Palace Hotel for the first time, I wondered why our family’s second grandma, Zeynep, wanted to show me a hotel. What interesting things we could find in a hotel when we had whole Istanbul in front of our eyes? I couldn’t have been more wrong!
Istanbul cats – from cat hater to cat lover
Istanbul will not give you any options, you will become a cat lover. It is useless to argue, it is best to surrender immediately. You can’t choose but cats choose you, they simply steal your heart. There are cats everywhere, both in the streets and in homes. They are loved by the power of supernal, and they know it too. In this post, I’ll tell you what happened to myself; how a cat hater became a cat lover.
10 most interesting and best things in Istanbul
Naturally the history is by far the best thing in Istanbul, and you can read basic information about it from the post “Seven hills cities”. Here I’ll introduce the important things that touches me at the moment of writing. Of course, it would be easy to list at least the 100 best things in Istanbul, and in the future you’ll get to know many of them through my posts. Even in addition to these, Istanbul always manages to surprise you; for example, have you ever, on the basis of a shop window, thought of going to a luxury cosmetics store that turned out to be a luxury butcher shop?
Istanbul and Turku – the seven hills cities
Both cities, Istanbul and Turku, are my loved ones. Maybe it has something to do with the fact I have heard Turku being called “Finland’s Istanbul”. It may surprise you, but there are actually many similarities between these cities. In this post I compare these cities in a positive spirit with pictures. You’ll also get some basic information about both cities and their history.